Arthur Golden

What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#course #had #i #keep #limits

What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done? ↗

— Arthur Golden

#eat #geisha #hair #how #i

You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#evening #expectation #go #houses #know

I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#cannot #held #i #like #me

Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#even #hair #hopes #like #look

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#even #hatred #passion #quickly #slip

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#dams #even #give #never #never give up

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#afternoon #best #chatting #i #luck